1. You can click on
THE FULL TITLE of each course to see a description
of what it offers.

2.
If a course is Full you can ask to be
placed on our Waiting List in case of cancellations.

3.
To join a Course in Mandarin, Japanese, French, or German you must apply
directly to the Group Leader -- the contact URLs are to the right.

4. To reserve a
place in a course you must do the Deposit
to the right of the course. The logo is in Thai but all the instructions
are in English. For more information see the FAQs below.

5.) Covid 19 Advisory.
If you would like to reserve a place in one of our Courses later in the
year (September 2020 to April 2021), please see the Instructions below.

DATE

COURSE

DEPOSIT

2020-2021
CALENDAR

March 18th, 2020

June 6th, 2020

WE ARE STILL CLOSED, BUT...

Due to the Covid19 Emergency,
The Baan Hom Samunphrai
School has been closed since March 18th,
2020.

But we are looking forward to
opening again as soon as the Thai Government feels it is safe
for us to do so. Thai airports are tentatively setto reopen on June 30th, and we are hoping to open some classes again as early as August.

We are now accepting Reservations in all our
remaining 2020 classes, some of which are already
listed as having
Limited Places -- that means 8 or more students have
already signed up. So don't delay!

If you are interested please read the letter below. And of course do get
in touch with your questions.

June 6th, 2020

OPEN LETTER TO PROSPECTIVE STUDENTS:

Dear Prospective Students and Those Who Already Have
Reservations:

We are not asking for Deposits at this point because it is still
uncertain when the Thai Government will permit us to reopen --
and, of course, when your own government will permit you to come.

So we are accepting RESERVATIONS BY
E-MAIL only, and promise to honor them if we are allowed to
open.

Students who
already have deposits will have priority -- and if any of
you would like to change your reservation date please let us
know as soon as possible.

We
are hoping that all will be well by August 2020, and
are excited that our future courses are filling up with people
who believe that too. Fortunately, Thailand managed the Covid19
crisis very well from the start and as a result has been
lightly hit by the virus. Indeed, as far as we know we have had
no cases at all in our area.

If you are serious you should not
only make a firm Reservation by E-mail but book your flights
soon as well because many airlines are
offering reservations with full refunds in the event of
cancellations. That means your investment will be quite
safe, and
you may be able to get a specially reduced price as well.

You should aim to arrive here at least the day before a class
begins as the Rasidaton (Thai Yoga), begins at 7am on the first
day of class.
We
will be pleased to meet you at the airport if you give us your
full flight details (date, time, airline & flight number) --
Homprang’s
brother, Saman, will hold up a sign with your name on it.

Please do keep in touch
–
and above all let us know if you are NOT coming.
This is really important as we will close each class at 12, our
maximum number, and if you cancel at the last moment you may
deprive somebody else of a place and hurt them as well as us!

One of Homprang's most intense
courses, students must be prepared to concentrate every minute
during the hours in class and then practice, practice, practice.
Includes both intricate acupressure work and abdominal manipulation
as well as herbal compresses, traditional steam treatments,
postpartum care for mother and baby, and herbal preparations as they
are needed.

This course is often taken
more than once by students who would actually like to practice
Womblifting professionally as a single course is rarely enough. The
course is also of great interest to professional midwives and doulas from all over the world.

Topic: Thai Traditional
Massage (Nuad Boran) and Rasidaton (Thai Yoga). This course
concentrates on the classic two hour Thai Massage: legs, arms,
side, prone and sitting positions. Because technique with
fluency is the focus, the stomach, face, and head are less the
focus than the simple grace of touch and flow over the whole
body, the latter being far more difficult to acquire than
any of the technical parts.

Hardworking beginners can
get started on the full Thai Massage 'set' in this course, while
professionals can improve their technique, refine their touch,
and learn how to look after both themselves and their
clients even better -- a very slight adjustment to the
therapists position, for example, can add years to his or her
professional life. Rasidaton (Thai Yoga) is included in all of
Homprang's courses, but it's particularly important in this one.

Serious beginners who want to do more than
just "get started" in one visit to Thailand should consider
taking the following course as well.Do ask about that if
your interested.

At the beginning this
course concentrates on the fundamental parts of the Thai Traditional
Massage, the legs, arms and trunk along with the different
positions. The second half of the course introduces the
energy points and sen lines, and moves on to
the shoulders, head and abdomen. There is a written as well as
a practical exam at the end.

Suitable both for
beginners and advanced students, Homprang is assisted by
her much loved sister-in-law, Ajarn Bang, as well as by a
professional Intern, so
everybody gets the practical attention they need at their own
level. A very
intense course, there is a great deal to master by participants
at all levels, and everybody is encouraged to
practice out of class in the evenings and
on days-off.

An added perk is that the ancient Loi Kratong Festival
will be held on November 1st this year, and everybody will get
to make their own banana-leaf floats to float away their
sins on the river with flowers, candles, and incense. And
fireworks galore!

One of Homprang's most intense
courses, students must be prepared to concentrate every minute
during the hours in class and then practice, practice, practice.
Includes both intricate acupressure work and abdominal manipulation
as well as herbal compresses, traditional steam treatments,
postpartum care for mother and baby, and herbal preparations as they
are needed.

This course is often taken
more than once by students who would actually like to practice
Womblifting professionally as a single course is rarely enough. The
course is also of great interest to professional midwives and doulas from all over the world
-- working together in a class with such a diversity of students is
a privilege indeed!

By popular demand, Homprang is offering this course
twice in 2020.
You can click on the title of the course for more information on Homprang's herbal work in general and can also have a look at the
section of
Related
Photos on the Homepage. In addition there is a
Sample Program
from a workshop Homprang gave two years ago-- it was written
in collaboration with her Bhutanese intern, Jamtsho Sonam, who has a
strong background in Plant Medicine.

Students must remember that Homprang
is a traditional doctor, mid-wife & herbalist, and has no
academic background to distract her. That is why no two classes of hers are
ever the same, and why her work is always so
fresh and relevant. That is also why so many of her students sign up for some
of her courses two or even three times!

The exact content of the course will be determined not by a formal syllabus but by the
season, the climate, social as well as natural, and above all by the
interests of the specific group. So if you have special interests, please do let Homprang
know what they are.

Each day will begin with a session
of Rasidaton (Thai Yoga) at 7am followed by herbal work, study, talk, and
visits here and there in Chiang Mai from 9am to 4pm. There is then a herbal steam bath at
6pm followed by a delicious Thai meal at 7pm -- and if you are
very lucky Homprang will
be there to talk you through it!

Open

Booking by
E-MAIL RESERVATION.

Dec. 7th to
19th, 2020

JANET
PEACOCK - 80hr THAI MASSAGE COURSE.

This is an annual Advanced
Study Group -- the students have already done a whole Thai Massage
training course with Janet Peacock.

The Special Therapeutic Course
introduces cutting-edge acupressure techniques that are used to
treat serious conditions including migraine, numbness, stroke
damage, intractable back conditions, and many other ailments not
usually addressed by Thai Massage. A background in Thai Massage is
very helpful but not essential. Indeed, the course is open to
any Professional Therapist with a strong background in energy work like Shiatsu,
for example. Indeed, the most important qualification is
substantial, hands-on experience of working with serious conditions
over a number of years, and a desire to go further in alleviating
the suffering of those who carry them.

If you
are still not sure if this course is appropriate for you, please do
e-mail us with your questions, and of course tell us a bit about
yourself and your professional background so that we can help you make the right decision.

The treatments in this course are evolving all the
time, and many advanced students and professional therapists choose
to take it more than once. The exchange with such students is also
extremely important to Homprang, as she regards the class as a Lab
as much as a Training Ground.

Limited places

Buttons will go up about 6 months in
advance. Let us know before then and we'll pencil you in.

Topic: Thai Traditional
Massage (Nuad Boran) and Rasidaton (Thai Yoga). This course
concentrates on the classic two hour Thai Massage: legs, arms,
side, prone and sitting positions. Because technique with
fluency is the focus, the stomach, face, and head are less the
focus than the simple grace of touch and flow over the whole
body, the latter being far more difficult to acquire than
any of the technical parts.

Hardworking beginners can
learn the full Thai Massage 'set' in this course, while
professionals can reassess their technique, refine their touch,
and learn how to look after both themselves and their
clients even better -- a very slight adjustment to the
therapists position, for example, can add years to his or her
professional life as well as deepen the effectiveness of all
their body work.

Rasidaton (Thai Yoga) is included in all of
Homprang's courses, but it's particularly important in this one.
One hour everyday at 7am.

Closed

Information about The Global Women's Thai Healing
Collective will be posted soon.

Topic: Thai Traditional
Massage (Nuad Boran) and Rasidaton (Thai Yoga). This course
concentrates on the classic two hour Thai Massage: legs, arms,
side, prone and sitting positions. Because technique with
fluency is the focus, the stomach, face, and head are less the
focus than the simple grace of touch and flow over the whole
body, the latter being far more difficult to acquire than
any of the technical parts.

Hardworking beginners can
get started on the full Thai Massage 'set' in this course, while
professionals can improve their technique, refine their touch,
and learn how to look after both themselves and their
clients even better -- a very slight adjustment to the
therapists position, for example, can add years to his or her
professional life. Rasidaton (Thai Yoga) is included in all of
Homprang's courses, but it's particularly important in this one.

Serious beginners who want to do more than
just "get started" in one visit to Thailand should consider
taking the following course as well.Do ask about that if
your interested

Open

Buttons will go up about 6 months in
advance. Let us know before then and we'll pencil you in.

One of Homprang's most intense
courses, students must be prepared to concentrate every minute
during the hours in class and then practice, practice, practice.
Includes both intricate acupressure work and abdominal manipulation
as well as herbal compresses, traditional steam treatments,
postpartum care for mother and baby, and herbal preparations as they
are needed.

This course is often taken
more than once by students who would actually like to practice
Womblifting professionally as a single course is rarely enough. The
course is also of great interest to professional midwives and doulas from all over the world
-- working together in a class with such a diversity of students is
a privilege indeed!

Open

Buttons will go up about 6 months in
advance. Let us know before then and we'll pencil you in.

Live-In Studentsare chargedBt 2200 per day -- this
includes a room of your own with 3 meals a day, 1 hour of Thai yoga
plus 6 hrs of teaching, herbal steam baths after class, one of our
four Training Notebooks, bicycles, internet, airport pickups and
transportation into town when you need it.

Surcharges & Discounts. If
you are willing to share our dorm (2 to 5 persons), the charge is a
little less:
Bt 2100 per day. If you prefer a
private room with a shower and toilet of your own the charge will be
a little more:
Bt 2300 per day.We have only
4 rooms with private
bathrooms so do tell us ahead of time if you are interested in this
option -- the final decision will be made according to need. If you
are lucky and we just put you in one of those rooms there is no
extra charge.

TheLive-in Student
Rate
is a special, all-inclusive
charge, and there is no refund for meals missed on Study Days for
Students or for their partners.
This not only helps us to keep our student fees as low as we
possibly can but to maintain our level of concentration.

The ordinary live-in charge for
Days-off & Extra Days is Bt 1100 for a private room with a shared bathroom. If you have opted
for our dorm, the extra-day charge is only
Bt 1000;if you have a private room with
a private
bathroom the charge is Bt 1200.

For Live-in Students
and their partners,the perks continue on Days-off, including free steam baths,
and many students decide just to stay home to practice and relax.
If you decide to go off and do something adventurous on a Day-off there can be a refund
for missed meals, but you must tell us by 9am for lunch (Bt 100) and 1pm for
dinner (Bt 150).

Non-live-in students are charged
at Bt 1600 per day.
The fee includes the whole day from 7am to 7 pm -- the Rasidaton
(Thai Yoga) at 7am, breakfast at 8am, the class from 9am to 4pm with
lunch at noon, one of our four Training Notebooks,
and a herbal steam bath after class. Transportation, on the other
hand, is not
included.

Homprang hopes very much that
non-live-in students will join the Rasidaton at 7am, which is
why the non-live-in fee includes breakfast at 8am as well as
lunch. And the steam baths are hot for all about 6.00
pm everyday.

FAQs
About Course Registration

DEPOSITS.
Our classes are closed at 12 and often fully booked. For this reason we
must ask for a 25% Deposit to reserve a place, insuring that
nobody is turned away when there is still space remaining. We refund
deposits but only if a cancelled place can be filled again before the beginning
of the class. Indeed, we keep aWaiting List justfor
this purpose. On the other hand, cancellations happen rarely. and refunds can
take some time as the enrollment sorts itself out.

You should click
on the PayPal Buttonin the right hand column
above
to pay the deposit -- (the Logo is in Thai but the instructions
are in English). The Deposit includes a +/- 4%
fee to cover the PayPal Transfer and Currency Conversion charges. To
pay with your credit card you must first click on the
PayPal Button and then click on Pay
with my credit or debit card at the bottom of the PayPal
pop-up window. Otherwise you must have a PayPal account of your own.

SETTING UP A PAYPAL ACCOUNT
OF YOUR OWN.If you have a PayPal account of
your own you can make the payment without using the Button --
ask us for instructions before you choose this option. We
credit students for whatever sum arrives in our account, so nothing
is ever lost, for you or for us. Indeed, more and more students are
using this option to pay their final bill as well.

FULL PAYMENT The rest of your student
fees should be paid by the end of the first week of the course.
If you are paying by PayPal you must have opened an account of your
own before you come to Thailand, otherwise you may find you
are unable to use PayPal. As an alternative we would suggest you
arrange with your home bank to use your ordinary ATM card while you
are here, which is quick, safe, and probably the cheapest way to
obtain cash in Thailand.But you must inform your bank beforehand
or they will assume your card has been stolen.

LIVE-IN STUDENTS.Most of our students live here with us -- the place is beautiful.
the food delicious, the company good, and above all the students get
to spend a whole lot more time with Homprang and her family.
Traditional medicine differs widely from region to region all over
the world, and those differences have arisen not out of ignorance
but out of the enormous variety in the cultural patterns, religious
beliefs, family structures, diets, and climates of each region. We
strongly recommend you immerse yourself in this training as deeply
as you can by living here with us, and in the end we're cheaper than
living in a guesthouse in town anyway.

REFUNDS FOR MISSED MEALS.A refund for a missed lunch or dinner can be claimed by those
who are here as Room & Board Guests and by Students on
their Days-off, but you must tell us by 9.00am for a lunch (100
baht) and 1.00pm for a dinner (150 baht).There is no refund for students on Study-Days as the Live-in
Student rate is already a reduced fee.

NON-LIVE-IN STUDENTSOf course we understand that some students already have a
place of their own in Chiang Mai and/or a significant-other who
works in town, or whatever. And we'll look after you well
anyway, don't worry. (Non-live-in students must pay the same deposit
as live-in students, but, everybody is credited for the whole sum
that we receive on their final bill, so nothing is wasted or lost.)

WHEN TO ARRIVE &
DEPART. Most live-in students
arrive the day before the class begins because the Rasidaton
(Thai Yoga) is at 7am on the first morning. If you arrive the day
before the class begins, your dinner and bed for that night will be considered as
part of your first day of class, which means your course fee covers
you through to the end of the last day of class (plus one
final steam bath if you wish). You are welcome to arrive even
earlier than the day before and can also stay on after the class
finishes. Needless to say there is a charge for extra nights and meals.